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Aloha all,
Just want to follow up on this thread, as I have received the instrument in question back from the Mandolinstore. With a quick adjustment of the truss rod, I was pleased to find this...
Hi Gang,
Just wanted to jump in here and offer a couple thoughts. First of all, I’m very sorry that you had an unpleasant experience with an instrument it sounds like you truly enjoyed. We’ve...
Justin Branum & Eli Bishop with a pair of Deluxe model Mandolindos from luthier Kilin Reece.
Stumbling: Composed by Zez Confrey 1922
Filmed at The Violin Shop Nashville Tennessee January 29th...
Simon! Sounds great man congrats on a wonderful project!!
-Kilin
Hello,
Linear graduation is our attempt to explain the concept behind our top design. I have always found archtop instruments with a very gentle graduation to be the most complex and rich...
We are thrilled to introduce our new Octolindo model octave mandolin!
Drawing from over three decades playing, studying, and restoring fine vintage American stringed instruments, our new...
Aloha,
Our new Mandolindo design attempts to pack quite a punch with only four strings. A lot of great music has been made on four string electric mandolin, we are excited to add this to the...
Here is Justin Branum of https://masterfiddle.com/ tearing it up Western Swing style on the new Mandolindo!
https://youtu.be/fUhstUAsrNg
For more information please visit www.krstrings.com!
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Elderly and Mandolin Store will be posting prototypes soon! Going fast....
Thanks!
Aloha Andy,
Thanks for your feedback, I totally agree this would be a great gypsy jazz instrument. The ability to bend notes makes it really fun. To answer your questions, 1. These will have a...
I recently curated an exhibition here in Hawai'i with Bishop Museum, and we featured several pre 1900 instruments made by Augusto Dias, Manuel Nunes and Jose Do Espiritu Santo, one of which was a...
Noted Sir!! These are all things I dig as well....
Celebrate the opening of Bishop Museum’s Kaula Piko: The Source of Strings, and explore the musical legacy of Hawai‘i through our immense and long-lasting contributions to the world of music. In the...
Aloha Joyce,
The exhibit is set to open July of this year, its been a doozy with the COVID but we are very excited to share the story of Hawaiʻiʻs string legacy. Best, -Kilin
www.kcpstrings.com
Thanks for the feedback! -Kilin
Hi! I am the designer of this instrument, I happen to have a few in stock. Feel free to contact me at krstrings@gmail.com, or give me a call at 808-387-4583 and I can tell you more about them!...
Hello all!
Wanted to share the arrival of the prototypes for the Mandola and Mandolin version of the Octave mandolins I designed. These are available in very limited supply from KR Strings...
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Hello all, I came across this booklet at the Martin Guitar Co. archives where I am doing research for an upcoming book and museum exhibition at the Bishop Museum scheduled for 2019. I am working on...
Hi MC16,
Kilin Reece here of KR Strings. The string set we are using in our signature set are D'Addario strings, pretty much their octave set, with ball ends to work with my pin bridge design....
Thanks Trevor! My goal is eventually to have a full family of sizes available, and to get a mandolin orchestra or quartet to record some arrangements I have of 19th century Hawaiian mandolin music. ...
Hi Ken,
I have been setting several of the 23" versions, the BN series, with a low C (.056" or .058") and they sound great! One cool thing about this setup is that if you capo at the 7th fret...
Hi there,
Have not had the exhibit yet, the project is turning out to be pretty monumental. Scheduled for 2019 at Bishop Museum, which will hopefully coincide with the release of my book as...
Octaves in stock now! Please get in touch if you are still interested in learning more about these!
www.krstrings.com
krstrings@gmail.com
808-387-4583